Valve-gear for locomotives.



T. E. PARADISE.

VALVE GEAR FOR LOCOMOTIVES.

APPLICATION FILED 050.24, 1914.

1,159,600. Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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VALVE GEAR FOR LOCOMOTIVES.

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VALVE GEAR FOR LOCOMOTIVES.

APPLICATION FILED 050.24. 1914.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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THOMAS ERNEST PARADISE,

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VALVE-GEAR FOR LocoMo Ivns.

Application filed recemberaag 1914. Serial No. 878,869.

Tocll whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, THOMAS E. PARADISE, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and State of'Wisconsin, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Valve- Gears for Locomotives; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as'will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap-' pertains to make and use the same.

invention relates broadly to improve-' ments in valve gearsfor use on locomotives and other types of steam engines, and has for its main object to provide comparatively simple yet highly eflicient meansfor varying the distance between the fulcrum of crank C onone of said drivers, connectingf the .valve operating lever and its connection with the valve rod, thus'varying the stroke or lead of the valve.

To the above end, a further object be-- comes to provide means whereby this ad justment of the valve operating lever may be made simultaneously with the adjustment of the radius bar commonly employed for reversing and varying the speed of locomotives.

With the above objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and combination hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a locomotive showing the application of my invention to the valve gear thereof. Fig.

2 is a top plan view of the parts seen in- I' Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing a different position of parts; Figs. 4' and 5 are enlarged side elevations partly in section, these figures being taken sub s antially on the plane indicated by the line l-'of Fig. 6; Fig. 6 isa vertical transverse section on an enlarged scale, as seen on the plane of the line 66of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a horizontal section'as seen along the plane on the lines 77 of Figs. 5 and 6, Fig.18 is a disassembled perspective view of portions of the invention and the parts with which such portions coact.

In these drawings, constituting a part of this application, a portion of a locomotive L is shown, the latter including'the usual running gear including the frame F, drivers D,

Specification of Letters Patent.

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rod R leading forwardly from the crank, cross head H to which said connecting rod ispivoted, cylinder C in which the usual piston reciprocat'es to reciprocate the cross lie'ad H, valve casing c, and valve operating rod 7". The elements so far mentioned form no part of the present invention, although they coact closely therewith in a manner to be set" forth.

Connected by means of'a link 1 to therear end of the valve rod 1', is a shoe 2 (see more particularly Figs. a; '5 and 6), this shoe being located within an upright slot 3 of the valve operating lever 4', and being held against vertical movement, to any appreciableextent, by a link 5' which is pivoted at its upper end to an appropriate bracket 6 rising from the frame F, while its lower end is pivotally connected not only with said block, but with the link 1 as most" clearly seen in Fig. 6. Pivoted to and leading rearwardly from the upper end of the lever is the usual radius bar 7 whose rear end is provided with'an appropriate shoe (not shown) whichis adjustable vertically in the arcuate slot 8 of'the usual oscillating link 9, this link being pivoted between its ends as is common" with devices of this character and beingoscillated'by' a supplemental crank 10 carried by the crank G, through the instrumentality of a connecting rod 11. The usual rod12'is"providedfor adjusting the rear end of the radius bar 7 upwardly and downwardlywitliin the slot 8 to produce the results well known to those familiar with the art to'which the nvention relates. namely, increasingor chminishing the stroke of the valve rod nor reversing the movement thereof. V

In addition to the parts'so far described, the crossliea'd H is providedwith a dependingplate l'3 'wliich is'connected' by a link 14:

the lower end of the lever 4. By this provision. the movement commonly known as the'Walschean-movement will be imparted tothevalverod r," and therefore to the valve within the casingc. thus varying the supply of' steam to the cylinder C, tocontrol not only the speed of the locomotive, but the dir'ection in which the same travels, it being understood'that'the rod 12 must be operated toraise the radius 1m in order to reverse.

Long and continual use of the structure so far'described has set forth theneed of some means whereby the lead of the valve rod 7" may be varied simultaneously with adjusting the radius bar 7. Numerous attempts have been made to accomplish this end, but since the majority of such attempts have been practical failures, 1 have devised the structure now to be described which I deem will successfully accomplish the object for which it is designed.

Secured to the bracket 6 in any appropriate manner, is an upright guide 20 in which an upright stem 21 is mounted for vertical adjustment, the lower end. of this stem being equipped with a segmental track 22, this track being here shown in the form of a plate having an arcuate slot. Adapted to travel longitudinally in respect to the track is a shoe this shoe being here shown as located within the arcuate slot, it being therefore seen that forward or rearward movement of such shoe will raise or lower the stem 21 as the case may be, this stem preferably rising above the guide 20 as shown. t will still further be seen, that if some connection be established directly between the track 22 or between the stem 21 and the lever 4', this lever will be adjusted vertically to vary the distance between its fulcrum or connection with the radius bar 7, and its sliding connection with the link 1 or rod 7".

It is my intention to provide such a connection for producing the above suggested result, and for this purpose a link 24 is offset at its upper end and is either pivoted or otherwise attached to the upper end of the stem 21, while its lower end is pivoted at to a bracket 26 secured to the lever 4. By this simple expedient, it will be readily understood that vertical adjustment of the stem 21 will likewise adjust the lever l vertically. l

Hereinbefore, it has been suggested that means are provided whereby this vertical adjustment of the lever l is effected simultaneously with vertical adjustment of the radius bar 7. For this purpose, the horizontal arm 30 of a bell crank lever 31 is pivoted to a slide 82 mounted upon said radius bar, at one of its ends, while its other end is fulcrumed at 33 to a bracket 3d secured to the bracket 6. the upright arm 35 of said bell crank lever rising from the fulcrum 33 and being pi otallv connected to the shoe By this structure. it will be seen that vertical movement of the radius bar 7 will adjust the horizontal arm 30 of the hell crank lever vertically, this causing its upright arm 35 to move forwardly or rearwardly as the case may be, thus shiftinc the shoe 23 upon the track 22. As here inbefore suggested, such shifting of the shoe in respect to the track either raises or lowers the latter and the lever 4-, by the provision of the link 2% and bracket 26. If

this bracket be raised from the position seen in Fig. 4 for instance, to that seen in Fig. 5 the distance between the fulcrum at the upper end of the lever l and between its connection with the link 1 will be increased as clearly shown, thus varying the lead of the valve simultaneously with the adjustment of the radius bar.

In the drawings, I have shown a number of positions of the various parts of the device, and have above described the operation which takes place when the lever 31 is moved from an inclined position to a horizontal position, this description and illustration being thought to be ample to clearly explain the operation of the invention to those skilled in the art to which the same relates.

I have described my invention with considerable detail and have set forth certain specific embodiments for carrying out the objects of the invention, but it will be clearly understood that the essential parts of the invention are a valve operating rod, a lever connected therewith to move transversely in respect thereto, a movable fulcrum. for the lever, and means whereby said lever may be oscillated to operate tie valve, in combination with a segmental track disposed transversely to the lever and connected therewith (by any appropriate means), a shoe engaging said track and mounted for longitudinal movement in respect thereto, and appropriate means to impart such movement to said shoe. This structure may be embodied in a number of ways and may be employed either in connection with the radius bar or separate therefronr it being therefore understood that I need not be limited to the specific details of construction described, otherwise than as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a valve rod, a lever disposed at any angle thereto, connected therewith and shiftable transversely thereof, a fulcrum for the lever movable therewith, and means whereby said lever may be oscillated to operate the valve rod, of an arcuate track disposed. transversely of the lever and connected therewith, a shoe engaging said track and mounted for longitudinal movement in respect thereto, and means to impart such movement to said shoe to shift the lever transversely of the valve rod, thus varying the distance between the fulcrum of said lever and its connection with said valve rod, to vary the movement of the latter.

2. The combination with a valve rod, a lever disposed at an angle thereto, connected therewith and shiftable transversely thereof, a fulcrum for the lever movable therewith, and means whereby said lever may be oscillated to operate the valve rod, of

an arcuate track disposed transversely of the lever and connected therewith, a shoe engaging said track, and lever on which said shoe is mounted, whereby it may be adjusted longitudinally upon said segmental track to shift the valve operating lever transversely in respectto the valve rod, thus varying the distance between the fulcrum of said lever and its connection with said rod.

3. The combination with a valve rod, a lever disposed at an angle thereto,connected therewith and shiftable transversely thereof, a fulcrum for the lever movable therewith, and means whereby said lever may be oscillated to operate the valve rod, of an arcuate track disposed transversely of the lever and located at a point spaced from one end thereof, a link connecting said track with said lever, shoe engaged with the track to move longitudinally in respect thereto, and means whereby such movement may be imparted to said shoe to adjust the lever transversely in respect to the valve rod, thus varying the distance between its fulcrum and its connection with said rod.

-l. The combination with a -alve rod, a lever disposed at an angle thereto connected therewith and shiftable transversely thereof, an adjustable reciprocating radius bar to which said lever is fulcrumed at one end, and means to reciprocate its other end, of mechanism to shift said lever transversely of the valve rod, and means connecting said mechanism and said radius bar to adjust said mechanism simultaneously with the adjustment of said bar, thereby shifting the lever transversely in respect to the valve rod, to vary the distance between the fulcrum of said lever and its connection with said rod.

The combination with a valve rod, a valve operating lever disposed at an angle thereto, connected therewith and shiftable transversely thereof, an adjustable reciprocating radius bar to which said lever is fulcrumed at one end, and means to reciprocate its other end, of mechanism to shift said lever transversely of the valve rod, and a lever to operate said mechanism having a loose connection with the radius bar, whereby adjustment of the latter will likewise adjust said mechanism to shift the valve operating lever transversely in respect to the valve rod for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a valve rod, a valve operating lever disposed at an angle thereto, connected therewith and shiftable transversely thereof, an adjustable reciprocating radius bar to which said. lever is fulcrumed at one end, and means to reciprocate its other end, of mechanism to shift said lever transversely of the valve rod, a lever for operating said mechanism, and a slide on the radius bar to which this lever is connected, whereby adjustment of said bar will simultaneously adjust the valve operating lever transversely of the valve rod.

lever and disposed transversely thereof, a

shoe engaged with said track and adapted to be moved longitudinally in respect there to, a vertically adju'stableradius bar carrying the fulcrum of said lever, and means connecting said shoe and said radius bar, whereby adjustment of the latter will simultaneously adjust the former longitudinally of said track.

8. The combination with a horizontal valve operating rod, an upright lever loosely connected therewith to move vertically in respect thereto, means to oscillate the lower end of said lever, a vertically adjustable radius bar to which the upper end of said lever is fulcrumed, a bracket rising to a point above the lever, an upright guide carried by said bracket, an upright stem mounted for vertical adjustment insaid guide, a segmental track carried by said stem, alink connecting the stem and the lever, whereby vertical adjustment of said stem will simultaneously adjust said lever, a second bracket secured to the first named bracket, a bell crank lever fulcrumed at its angle to said second bracket, a shoe carried by the upright arm of said bell crank and engaged w'th said segmental track, the other arm of said lever lvin substantiall 7 arallel with the radius bar, and a loose connection between said last named arm and said bar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

I). In combination, a valve rod, a lever disposed at an angle thereto, loosely connected therewith, and shiftable transversely thereof, a movable fulcrum for said lever, an arcuate track connected with said lever and disposed tranwersely thereof, a shoe engaged with said track and movablelongitudinally in respect thereto a vertically. adjustable radius bar carrying the fulcrum of said lever, an angular lever to which the shoe is connected, a connection between said angular lever and the radius bar, whereby adjustment of the latter will simultaneously adjust the former longitudinally of the track, thereby shifting the valve operating lever transversely of the valve rod, and means to oscillate said last named lever.

10' In combination, a valve rod, a lever disposed at an angle thereto, loosely connected therewith, and shiftable transversely thereof, a movable fulcrum for said lever, an arcuate track connected with said lever and disposed transversely thereof, a shoe engaged with said track and shiftable longitudinally in respect thereto, a vertically adjustable radius bar carrying the fulcrum of said lever, an angular lever carrying the shoe, a slide on the radius war to which said angular lever is connected, whereby adjustmy hand in presence of two subscribing Witment of the letter Wlll simultaneously shift nesses.

the shoe longitudinally of the track to shift T the valve operating lever transversely of the THOMAS ERBEST PARADISE valve, and means for oscillating saiol last Vitnesses: named lever. N. M. ELs'rAD,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set G O. H. CLATII.

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